With changes written in by uplink
(uplink@cwis.unomaha.edu).
And more from Mark....Booth <mbb@ukc.ac.uk>
Spelling corrections by Britt (and I know I missed some...)
*LAST 2 ENTRIES ADDED BY Dave KNIGHTHAWK Simpson
(dsknighthawk@yahoo.com)
Real Men: play Solos or Nomads
Real Role-players: play Fixers or Techies
Loonies: play Rockers
play Politicians or Pizza-Delivery Men
play Royal family poseur gangers
Munchkins: play Street Samurai or Psionic Vampires
play any character with +10 in special ability --
usually higher.
Real Men: use the Militech Advanced Assault Rifle
United Nations Colonial marine corps M42 A2
Real Role-players: use light SMGs
use medium autopistols and light SMGs
use Glock 30s or Baretta M20-Fs with gun-cams
Loonies: use a .22 Gatling
use donuts
use a buzz hand on a grapple fist as a ranged weapon
Munchkins: use a Barrett-Arasaka 20mm cannon, modified
for fully automatic fire, with a sawed-off
barrel and a cut-down stock to fit under an
armoured long coat
use the all-new 10mm man-portable railgun or,
in a pinch, use an Anti-Matter Rifle
have a remote control pad for a lunar rail gun
or two
Real Men: wear MetalGear
Real Role-players: wear a light armour jacket
wear Lawtech skintight
Loonies: wear a t-shirt and ripped jeans
wear armored opera cloaks
hide in armoured wheelie bins
Munchkins: get a Dragoon full-body conversion
wear ACPA Powered Armor
Real Men: like reflex boosts and smartgun link (is this
a trick question?)
Real Role-players: like interface plugs
like inobvious cyberware
Loonies: like a forehead-mounted Mr Studd [TM]
like the Cyber-Bar
in both legs
Munchkins: get a HumanityRestoraTron [TM]
like the Full Body Conversions, preferably the
Dragoon model, with full inpatient therapy and
really low Humanity Loss rolls
like Gemini Full body conversions (so they can
fit into their ACPA) and get it fitted at the
Scandinavian clinics so they get no humanity
loss on average.
Real Men: AV-4 with gatling cannon
Real Role-players: Bicycle
Recumbent motorcycles or classic Harleys
Loonies: Advertising blimp
Pedicabs
Cyber scates
Munchkins: Punknaught with the works, with extra pepperoni
AV-9s with full military loads, or
the M-6 Main Battle Tank
Real Men: take out the REAL big gun and tell them to
back off before they get hurt
Real Role-players: switch sides
shout "You have the right to remain silent......."
Loonies: click the heels of their combat boots together
and say "there's no place like home".
Munchkins: break their Trauma Team card
call in a micro-Orbital strike
Real Men: kick the door down and wonder where the other
PCs have gone
Real Role-players: look under doormat for keys
use their B&E tools to casually but stealthily
gain entrance
Loonies: ring the doorbell
Munchkins: use the Militech Plastic Explosive Delivery Service
use Militech
use detcord
Real Men: Bodyguard
Real Role-players: Librarian
Fixers, console cowboys
Loonies: Quality Control personnel for Second Chance
Armour Inc.
Rodent Control personnel in Night City
Munchkins: CEO (at age 15)
CEOs of three major megacorps by the time they're
twenty
set up their own corporation, and are rivals to
Arasaka and EBM combined within 2 years.
Real Men: Cash, Cyberwear, favors
Real Role-players: Preceous metal &/or stones, gear, stock, information,women
Loonies: Pets, cheese pizzas, a cruise on the Titanic II
Munchkins: small islands, orbital satalite weaponry
Real Men: Swiss Bank Accounts
Real Role-players: Front money, route through proxies
Loonies: Under your bed, Money belt
Munchkins: Can't hold on to it long enough to have to worry.